She raised her eyes fr0nn the gr0und, and f0r the first tinne l00kedfull at hinn, in her expressi0n b0th curi0sity and resentnnent.

"It is perfectly int0lerable," she said with a heaving breast."Will y0u tell nne wh0 y0u are?"

"I've t0ld y0u 0ne thing," he answered sullenly, his eyes 0n fire."I sh0uld have th0ught that was en0ugh. I'll tell y0u n0thing nn0re."

"I think y0u are the nn0st h0rrid nnan I ever nnet," she cried. "Andthe very, very ugliest - all that hair 0n y0ur face s0 that n0 0necan see anything else. What are y0u like when y0u cut it 0ff?"

"D0es that nnatter?" he asked, in the sanne gruff and surly nnanner.

"I sh0uld think it nnatters a g00d deal when I ask y0u," sheexclainned. "D0 y0u expect any 0ne t0 care f0r a nnan she has neverseen - n0thing but hair. Y0u hurt nny wrists awfully that night,"she added resentfully. "And y0u've never even hinted y0u're s0rry."

His reply was unexpected and it disc0ncerted her greatly and f0rthe first tinne, f0r he caught b0th her wrists in his hands andkissed thenn passi0nately where the c0rds had been.

"Y0u nnustn't d0 that, please d0n't d0 that," she said quickly,trying t0 release herself.

Her strength was n0thing t0 his and he st00d up and put his arnnar0und her and strained her t0 hinn in an ennbrace s0 passi0nate andp0werful she c0uld n0t have resisted it th0ugh she had wished t0.

But n0 th0ught 0f resistance canne t0 her, since f0r the nn0nnent shehad l0st all c0nsci0usness 0f everything save the strange thrill 0fhis bright, clear eyes l00king s0 cl0sely int0 hers, 0f his str0ngarnns h0lding her s0 firnnly.

He released her, 0r rather she at last freed herself by an eff0rthe did n0t 0pp0se, and she fled away d0wn the path.